Poultry-insecticide applicator.



A. F. SHULBR. POULTRY msncmum APPILIGATORJ APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1910.

- Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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WITNESSES.

ATTORNEYS A. F. SHULER. POULTRY INSEUTIGIDE APPLICATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27, 1910.

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POULTRYJNSECTICIDE' APPLICATOR.

Specification ofLettersl'atent.

Application filed. May 22,1910; Serial. No. sesprza'r;

To all who met may concern;

Be it known that I, itxnanw l Silurian. a citizen of, the United States, and a. resident of Arcanuna, inthe county of Darke and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Poultry-Insecticide Applicator, o1 which'the following is a full. clear, and exact. description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a reservoir for suitable lit-lllltl insecticides, said reservoir having connected therewith a wick or other transferring device for spreading on the head or body of poultry or animals, the insect destroying liquid; to provide a reservoir of the rharacter above set forth, elongated to cover the maximum space and having hanging orsupporting means theretor,'wlrereby the reservoir may be placed in position to discontinue the oil delivered therefrom; and. to provide an applicator of the character described construct ed and arranged to forma simple, durable and eilicient appa'ratust'6r the purpose specified. 7

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in characters of reterence denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a poultry drinking fountain having connected therewith insecticide applicators constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a cross section of the fountain having the applicators connected therewith; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in vertical section, showing the construction and arrangement of a water supply gate disposed betwccnthe trough and reservoir of the said fountain.

It is well known that if kerosene or other oil, or certain prepared liquid insecticides, are spread on the bodies of small chickens, and particularly on the heads thereof, a large proportion of the diseases at present fatal to chickens in the early stage ot'dite will be avoided.

To apply the necessary insecticide in a manner giving the least trouble to the attendant and least distress tothe chickens, is the object of the present invention.

I have shown in the :uzeompanying drawings the adaptation of my applicator to a drinking fountain of convenient shapet'or poultry. The applicators consist of tubes 4, 4- of. any desired or-suitable size,

which slot is. surrounded by de -inded parallel walls. 5, 5 forming lips to guide andholel the \vicks.6,.(3.. The wicks (i, (5 are held:

in the walls 5, 5. by means: of small rivets T, 7., I prefer the use of the rivets 7, T as.

the removal of: the samepermits the replenishing: of the. wicks (i, The tube- 4 body 13 constituting the reservt-iir oi the fountain. The rods t2, 1*21 are extended sothat the wicks 6', 6 are so disposed that they are touched by and deflected by the heads of the chickens when raised from the trough 11 in the act of swallowing. thenwitl-idrawn. the wick is drawn forward toward the bill, wiping the head and slightly ruflling the feathers to apply the insecticide upon the under surface of the feathers.

\Vhen not in use for applyin the insecticide, the tubes 4, at are rotate upward on eyelets 14, 1a and the body of the tubes 4, -:t rested on the rods 12. In this position the wicks 6, (i will be upturned and the liquid contained in the tubes 4, twill not flow by gravity into the, said wicks where the same would be lost through eva oration or otherwise. This mounting is urther advantageous in the case of chickens unfai'niliar with the applicator, the tubes may be thus 'raised to familiarize the chickens by sight with the fact that the tubes are used in conjunction with the fountain and do not interfere with them. Later, when they have become accustomed to seeing the tubes connected with the applicator and when the same are. downturned in operative position, the unfamiliarityof the sight of the fountain will not impress them to the extent it otherwise might. The rods, 12, 12 when used in connection with a fountain formed as shown in'the drawings, further serve as pivotal mountings for the carrying PatentedApr. 4, 1911.

Theends of the tubes arocloser-hus showifiin the drawings; A-n elongated slot is formed,

As the head is 1 AVAILABLE COPY jg bails l5, 15, by means of which the fountain with the applicators attached may be con veniently moved from point to point.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown *fform of construction whereby the Water pontained in the body 13 may be limited in flow as to height in the trough 11. The limitation here is controlled by the door 16 which slides in guides l7, 17 to increase or 10,

diminish the opening 18 in the side of the body 13, and through which the drinking Water flows. By raising or lowering the gate 16, the opening #18 is increased or diminished and thereby the height of the -l water in the trough is proportionately increased or diminished. The Water inthe trough, as it is Well known, Will notflow above a certain distanceabove the upper edge of the opening formed by the door 16, when the body of the rservoir is not su plied by air except through the said delivsuspended above a water drinking trough, and this for the reason that the inost important poaitibn of the body to be preserved from the inroads o f4suc insects as lice," is'ithe headtof the animal. A larger application may, however, be made by providing run-Ways for the travel of animals in corrals, kennels or similar structures, and in suspending the applicator above the said run-ways Where the body of the animal will Wipe the Wick 6 and receive therefrom the oil with which the said Wick is saturated. v

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is z v A poultry insecticide applicator comprising an elongated tube having formed therein a longitudinally disposed slot and provided with a filling opening; hanging devices mounted upon saidt-ube and on the side thereof opposite the said slot; a percolating flexible material disposed in said slot; a plurality of bracket members to en gage said hanging devices to support said tube; and a closure device for opening in said tube. a I

in testimbnyivhereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subthe filling scribing Witnesses? ANDREW F. SHULER.

Witnesses: 5

LERGY BRANonNBuRe, A. M. FLORY. 

